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cellobiose

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cel⋅lo⋅bi⋅ose

  [sel-oh-bahy-ohs]
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–noun
a white, crystalline, water-soluble disaccharide, C12H22O11, that is obtained by the breakdown of cellulose or lichenin and yields glucose upon hydrolysis: used chiefly in bacteriology as a reagent.
Origin:
1900–05; cell(ulose) + -o- + bi- 2 + -ose 2
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cel·lo·bi·ose   (sěl'ə-bī'ōs', -ōz')   
n.  A disaccharide that is produced from the partial hydrolysis of cellulose.

[cell(ulose) + bi-1 + -ose2.]
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Main Entry: cel·lo·bi·ose
Pronunciation: "sel-&-'bI-"Os, -"Oz
Function: noun
: a faintly sweet disaccharideC12H22O11 obtained by partial hydrolysis of cellulose called also cellose
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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